True Blue Fusion
Program Sponsorship / Governance
We understand the effort to transform and transition MTSU’s business processes into the cloud will require a significant amount of time and resources from many talented individuals across the university. The teams below are made up of university leaders with a deep understanding of MTSU’s current processes and a vision for their future needs.
We look forward to the journey and thank you for your engagement commitment to moving MTSU forward.
Executive Sponsors
Executive Sponsors will help champion the project and oversee high-level progress. This team will ensure the proper resources are available for a successful implementation, address any issues or risks that might impact the project, and make key business decisions along the way.
“As the Executive Leadership: True Blue Fusion represents a pivotal step forward for the University, leveraging Oracle Cloud Fusion’s modern, integrated platform to align with industry best practices. By automating workflows, improving data visibility, and enhancing cross-department collaboration, it optimizes key administrative processes—freeing up time and resources to focus more effectively on our core mission: serving and supporting our students.”
— True Blue Fusion Executive Committee
Dr. Mark Byrnes
University Provost
William J. Bales
Vice President for University Advancement
Yvette Clark
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
Drew Harpool
Interim Vice President for Business and Finance
Danny Kelley
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Andrew Oppmann
Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee serves to set the project direction and identify project goals and success criteria. Members will work to secure resources, remove obstacles, address change readiness gaps, approve project deliverables, and review process changes.
Becky Cole
Vice Provost for Academic Administration and Resources
Laura Jent
Assistant Vice President for Human Resource Services
“The True Blue Fusion project will transform how Human Resources supports the university. By automating our processes such as recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and employee data tracking, we’ll gain greater efficiency, accuracy, and insight. In HR, we will be able to focus more on strategic initiatives like attracting top talent and supporting employee growth.“
Zach Lebarts
Assistant Vice President for Administration and Business Services
“The MTSU True Blue Fusion project, built on Oracle Cloud Fusion products, will revolutionize our procurement and contract processes by streamlining workflows, improving data accuracy, and enhancing collaboration. With faster approvals, digital signatures, and real-time insights, Oracle Cloud will drive efficiency, reduce costs, and allow us to better support the University’s mission.“
Lisa Maas
Associate Vice President for Enterprise Application Services
“The True Blue Fusion project represents a pivotal step in our digital transformation journey, bringing greater agility, efficiency, and real-time insights across our operations. From a technical perspective, this move empowers us to modernize our systems, streamline core processes, and leverage advanced tools for faster, data-driven decision-making.”
Rachel McGinnis
Director of Research Services for the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
Ronda Vaughter
Assistant Vice President for Advancement Operations
“The MTSU True Blue Fusion project marks an important step forward for University Advancement and it is essential to support our evolving needs and continued growth. It will modernize our operations, improve data transparency, streamline administrative tasks, eliminate manual work and redundancies helping us work more efficiently, and focus on the university’s mission.“
Solution Architects
- Each Solution Architect is responsible for overseeing the Workstream Leads within a particular segment or workstream of the project. They play a crucial role in the design and build of new business processes in Oracle Cloud and are responsible for communicating with other leads to ensure upstream/downstream impacts are accounted for.
Workstream Leads
- Functional Workstream Leads are responsible for understanding and making design decisions on behalf of specific modules within their workstream. They gather MTSU business requirements, participate in module-specific configuration of the new system, and testing.
- Technical Workstream Leads focus on the technical aspects of True Blue Fusion, including integrations with boundary systems, converting data from systems like Banner Finance and HR, and reporting.
Subject Matter Experts & Business Analysts
- Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) provide input to workstream leads based on their deep experience within MTSUs business processes.
- Business Analysts are responsible for gaining a deep understanding of the business process development to support workstream leads in configuration of the new system.
